steamed up
Example Sentences
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As he works the espresso machine in a bar on Zagreb's bustling Flower Square, barman Luka says he suspects that people are getting steamed up over nothing.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2023
They have muddled our words, eclipsed our facial expressions, steamed up our glasses and left us with sweaty chins.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2022
The lenses were steamed up from Nakaya’s fog, like a bathroom mirror after a hot shower.
From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2018
If Mike Brearley was in charge, he might even hand the second over to Sam Curran, to nonpluss the openers and get Broad steamed up.
From The Guardian • Aug. 2, 2018
He had that narrow-eyed, lockjawed look like he was starting to get steamed up, but you never know exactly where that’s going to lead.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
